Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 18:50:21 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Paul Subject: Kenilworth Park, 11/9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > I went to Kenilworth Park in NE DC this morning, and saw a few birds of > interest. First of all, activity has died down a lot since last week, though > the wind could have had a lot to do with that. Highlights: > > EASTERN MEADOWLARK (1) > AMERICAN PIPIT (1, flew over) > Raptors (clearly this continues to be a good place for raptors in DC): > NORTHERN HARRIER (1 fem.) > BALD EAGLE (1 ind., 2-3 years old) > MERLIN (1) > AMERICAN KESTREL (1) > RED-TAILED HAWK (1 or 2) > Finches - continues to attract a lot of finches, though I've yet to find > something beyond: > AMERICAN GOLDFINCH (c.75 - numbers have dropped a little from last week) > HOUSE FINCH (c.110 - numbers have significantly gone up) > CEDAR WAXWING - 80 (many small flocks flying over, none of the birds had rusty > undertail coverts) > > Good birding, > Paul Pisano > > > > > > > > > > > > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================